Adapted from https://fantasycookery.com/thimblets/

1930 cal/recipe

Ingredients

• 175 grams all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp ground cardamom
• 125 grams brown sugar
• 1 orange, zested
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 85 grams dried apples or golden raisins or currants, cut to currant-size with kitchen scissors
• 60 grams chopped walnuts
• 1 tbsp turbinado sugar

Directions

• Preheat oven to 325 F.
• Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Add the flour, baking powder, cardamom, brown sugar, and orange zest to large bowl.
• Mix well to break up any brown sugar lumps.
• Stir in beaten eggs.
• Combine dough until no flour streaks remain.
• Work in the dried fruit and walnuts until everything is evenly distributed.
• Lightly flour a non-stick surface.
• Divide the dough into two pieces and shape each piece into a 10-inch long loaf.
• Carefully set the dough on the parchment lined baking sheet, spaced far apart.
• Set on the middle rack and bake for 30 minutes.
• Remove the loaves from the oven and allow them to cool slightly.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 250 F.
• Transfer loaves to a cutting board and use a serrated knife to slice about 1/2-inch thick on a diagonal.
• Lay the slices on a cut-side on the baking sheet and dust lightly with turbinado sugar.
• Return baking sheets to the oven.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Turn slices over and dust with more turbinado.
• Bake again for another 20 minutes, until dry and crunchy all the way through.